QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WHITTEN (Western Australia) (14:40): Labor is driving up housing demand with their five per cent deposit scheme. Young Australians are taking out 95 per cent mortgages with massively inflated house prices. Many would be relying on further interest rate cuts.

The current indicator suggests that an interest rate rise looks more likely. Labor has handed young Australians a poisoned chalice. Is Labor driving young Australians into mortgage stress?